When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.

I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment.

I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when I had my first communion I was very disappointed. I had expected something amazing and surprising and spiritual. Instead all I got was a bicycle. That wasn't what I was after at all.

Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.

I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why we search for heaven.

When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.

Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult to work out what is art and what is not art.